Hot-water reservoir for ranges or stoves



(No Model.) v v A.HURSH.

7 HOT WATER RESERVOIR FOR RANGES 0R STOVES. No. 403,270.

Patented Ma 14, 1889;

[Ill/IL IIIIIIIIIA M'IIIIIII UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-.

ABRAHAM HURSH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOT-WATER RESERVOIR FOR RANGES OR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,270, dated May 14, 1889. Application filed March 8, 1889. Serial No. 302,423. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM HURSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Hotater Reservoir to be Constructed of Cast or \Vrought Iron so as to form the Base of Ranges or Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to dispense with log and circulating boilers and to save kitchen-space, to heat a given quantity of water in less time than has heretofore been done by the ordinary log or circulating boiler, and to materially assist in the heating of the stove or range.

I attain the objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the range and tank complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the range and tank through one of the downflues 0. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tank, showing all of its parts. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through the tank, showing the course of the products of combustion. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bottom flue beneath the tank. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view at the line a: m in Fig. 2, showing the range and tank combined.

J is the water reservoir or tank, extending the entire length of the stove or range and under both oven and fire-pot.

a is the cold-water-supply pipe.

e is the hot-water-inlet pipe.

F F is a partition running through the center of the tank from one end to the other, thus forming two compartments, B and D.

O is an opening located at the upper corner of the back end of the partition for allowing the water to pass through from compartment B to compartment D.

II is the water-back.

G is a pipe that connects the water-back II with the reservoir or tank J.

g in Fig. 4 is a connecting-rod for operating the dampers which control the passage of the products of combustion passing through flues c c and outlet flue e. The flues are opened and shut by one motion of the connecting-rod to expedite the heating of the water. When 0 c are opened, 6 is closed to retain the heat in the oven. When the flues c c are closed, 2 is opened. The heat is then retained under the oven, passing around the check-plate h into outlet 6. NVhen dive-fines c c are opened, the heat will pass into bottom flue, 1), around check-plate 2', spreading the heat under the tank on its course out at d.

A is the fire-box.

b b b are the flues passing around the oven.

0 c are dive-flues passing through the reservoir, forming a communication into the flues b b b and the flue d at the base of the reservoir. The fine (1 has a direct communication with the outlet-flue e.

Placed in the flue d at the bottom of the reservoir is a baffle-plate, t, for the purpose of giving a circuitous course to the products of combustion on their way to the outlet-flue e.

In operation water is admitted at A from any suitable source of supply and passes thence into compartment B and through the opening 0 into compartment D, where it is diffused and exposed to the influence of the hot-air current, which, passing through fiues b b b and dive-flues c 0, must of necessity be brought in contact therewith.

It will thus be perceived by this invention that I am enabled to, present the heating and cooking apparatus and the hot-water tank in one compact portable form, by which space and expense are lessened.

Having thus described my invention, what I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a stove or range having an oven and fire-pot arranged side by side, of a water-reservoir extending the entire length of the stove or range and under both oven and fire-pot, and provided with a passage for the products of combustion, the said stove or range having suitable flues communicating with the passage in the water-reservoir.

ABRAHAM HURSH.

Witnesses:

G. W. KUCKER, JOSEPH B. HURSH. 

